Shazam Announces Appointment of Brent Hoberman to Its Board of Directors

Shazam®,
the world’s leading media engagement company, today announced that
respected UK entrepreneur, Brent Hoberman, has joined the Shazam Board
as an independent board member. Hoberman’s extensive experience of
working with successful businesses, including his tenure as Founder and
CEO of popular travel/leisure site, lastminute.com,
as well as Co-founder of PROfounders Capital, Mydeco.com and made.com,
will add further expertise and strength to the company.

UK entrepreneur, Brent Hoberman, has joined the Shazam Board as an independent board member. Hoberman's extensive experience of working with successful businesses, including his tenure as Founder and CEO of popular travel/leisure site, lastminute.com, as well as Co-founder of PROfounders Capital, Mydeco.com and made.com, will add further expertise and strength to the company.

“Brent has played a key leadership role in a number of the UK’s most
successful digital and media businesses, shaping the strategies that has
helped them lead their markets ” said Andrew Fisher, CEO, Shazam. “As
Shazam continues on its mission to lead the market for media engagement
by providing consumers with the most efficient way possible to engage
with content and brands Brent’s experience and insight will be
invaluable.”

During the last two years, Shazam has successfully expanded its service
in North America to include television programming and advertising.
Shazam enabled advertising has now been launched in the UK and Europe
and the company plans to further expand its service in these regions in
the coming year. Hoberman’s knowledge of the European market is expected
to be a major asset in the development and execution of these plans.

“Shazam is an amazing company that has become one of mobile’s most
loved global brands,” said Hoberman. “The company is uniquely
positioned to continue its leadership role as it expands beyond music to
provide content owners and brands with the most efficient way possible
to enable consumers to engage with their offerings.”

Shazam recently announced that its service had surpassed the quarter
billion user milestone and that it processes more than ten million tags
per day. Recently, Shazam also announced that it has expanded its Shazam
for TV second-screen service in the U.S. to support TV programming on
any channel, anytime of day, making Shazam a “TV companion app.”

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Shazam is the world’s leading media engagement company with more than
250 million people in 200 countries and adding another 2 million new
users each week. With the industry’s unlimited fastest tagging in the
Free and premium Encore Apps on iOS and Android devices, Shazam is the
best way for people to discover, explore, buy, and share more music, TV
shows and branded offers they love.

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